Where my possessions lie

I was reading and singing the song, "On Jordan's storming banks", and the words struck me,

"To Cannaan's fair and happy land where my possessions lie". God has been telling me to clean up my house and to get rid of things I don't need, but I find that very difficult because I fear I might need them later, so I keep them and my house has stuff that I haven't used in years, but that "I might need" so I am holding on to it. It stuck me that my real and only possessions lie in heaven with God, and not here on earth. These things are not really my possessions: they don't belong to me. They all belong to God-- $, things, people--and He has given them to me temporarily to use for His glory and my good and others' good. Like borrowing something from someone and using it, and taking care of it, and then giving it back. I need to let Him decide what to keep and what to give back (to others) and how to use these loans, like the parable of the talents. He knows best and loves best. Trust and do not fear.

"This is the day that the Lord has made: we will rejoice and be glad in it."Psm. 118.24 I am not a good rejoicer, tending to be easily depressed. This verse says, we "will" rejoice and be glad in it.

Will implies a decision, a choice to rejoice and be glad, not just following my feelings, whatever they may be today. I really don't know how to do this, but I want to know and to do it. Please, Lord, show me what to do. I chose to obey your word to rejoice and be glad. Show me Your Will.

Thank You. Amen

First Day

This is all new to me> I don't know what I'm doing, but I will trust that God will use this for His glory and our good. My blog for today is: Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Prov.3:5,6 God brought that verse to my mind just a few minutes ago, and it certainly is appropriate for this situation. Just reading it over gives me a feeling of peace in knowing that He knows what He is doing. He's got it all in control, and He will make it all right in the end. I have nothing to fear. Just hold unto Him and TRUST. Amen.